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Upon this date, all citizens of the Commonwealth are urged to reflect upon the need to continue efforts to reduce the state&#8217;s infant mortality rate to preserve our heritage and to ensure the health and well-being of future generations.\n\nB\n\nOn the third Thursday of every session of the Virginia General Assembly, the General Assembly shall give proper recognition to Motherhood and Apple Pie Day in the Commonwealth.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1314009,"text":"The twenty-sixth day of January of each year shall be recognized and celebrated as Motherhood and Apple Pie Day throughout the Commonwealth. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 114 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1989 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?011+ful+CHAP0844\">844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1403273,"object_type":"law","relational_id":352913,"identifier":"2.2-3303","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/33\/2.2-3303","url":"\/2.2-3303\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3303\/","token":"2.2\/II\/A\/33\/2.2-3303","dublin_core":{"Title":"Observance of Motherhood and Apple Pie Day in recognition of the need to prevent infant mortality","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3303","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The twenty-sixth day of January of each year shall be recognized and celebrated as Motherhood and Apple Pie Day throughout the Commonwealth. Upon this date, all citizens of the Commonwealth are urged to reflect upon the need to continue efforts to reduce the state&#8217;s infant mortality rate to preserve our heritage and to ensure the health and well-being of future generations. <a id=\"paragraph-1314009\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-3303\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> On the third Thursday of every session of the Virginia General Assembly, the General Assembly shall give proper recognition to Motherhood and Apple Pie Day in the Commonwealth. <a id=\"paragraph-1314010\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/2.2-3303\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOBSERVANCE OF MOTHERHOOD AND APPLE PIE DAY IN RECOGNITION OF THE NEED TO PREVENT\nINFANT MORTALITY (\u00a7 2.2-3303)\n\nA. The twenty-sixth day of January of each year shall be recognized and\ncelebrated as Motherhood and Apple Pie Day throughout the Commonwealth. Upon\nthis date, all citizens of the Commonwealth are urged to reflect upon the need\nto continue efforts to reduce the state&#8217;s infant mortality rate to\npreserve our heritage and to ensure the health and well-being of future\ngenerations.\n\nB. On the third Thursday of every session of the Virginia General Assembly, the\nGeneral Assembly shall give proper recognition to Motherhood and Apple Pie Day\nin the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1989, c. 114, \u00a7 2.1-21.2; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}